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Philip Shires 1914 - 1974

Philip Shires was born on April 10, 1914, and died at age 60 years old in May 1974. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Philip Shires.
Philip Shires
April 10, 1914
May 1974
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  • 04/10
    1914

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    April 10, 1914
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  • 05/dd
    1974

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    May 1974
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    Philip Shires lived 13 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 60.
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In 1914, in the year that Philip Shires was born, in June, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Yugoslavian national. Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to Serbia. Other major powers took sides - and World War I began: Austria declared war on Serbia; Germany on Russia and France; Britain on Germany . . . and on it went until most of the world was embroiled in the war.
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In 1938, at the age of 24 years old, Philip was alive when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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